DEA Introduces System to Track Agent Firearms and Body Armor Inventory
Published Date: 4/29/2026
Notice
Summary
The DEA is starting a new system to keep track of equipment like clothing, firearms, and body armor at their warehouses. This helps them manage who has what gear and when it’s issued or returned. The system goes live now, and the public can share their thoughts by May 29, 2026—no extra costs involved!
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DEA will store names, addresses, and gear
The DEA will keep records that link people to issued gear such as clothing, firearms, body armor, tactical equipment, and IT hardware. Records may include names, job titles, home addresses, DEA numbers, serial numbers, and even sex, height, weight, and body measurements for individuals (including DEA personnel, deputized task force officers, contractors, and vendors).
Data stored in DOJ centers and commercial clouds
Inventory and personal records will be stored electronically in DEA-contracted data centers in the Washington, DC area, at DOJ Core Enterprise Facilities in Clarksburg, WV (26306) and Pocatello, ID (83201), and on commercial cloud servers hosted by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in the continental United States. The notice also says data may be transferred fully to a government cloud provider in the future.
Records can be shared widely for law and oversight
The DEA may disclose records from this system to many parties, including federal, state, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement; courts and grand juries; contractors and grantees; hiring and licensing agencies; auditors such as the Government Accountability Office; and others when needed for investigations, litigation, hiring, audits, or breach response. Disclosures for suspected or confirmed breaches are explicitly included.
You can access and correct your DEA records
Individuals covered by the system can request access to or correction of their records using DEA's Privacy Act procedures, including the DEA FOIA Public Access Link Portal or a written Privacy Access Request addressed to the DEA FOIA/Privacy Act Section. Requests must include full name, current address, date and place of birth, and must be signed and either notarized or submitted under penalty of perjury; DEA provides a DEA-382 form and references 28 CFR part 16 for details.
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